The Birmingham and Coventry & Warwick Clinical Psychology courses hosted the National Group of Trainers in clinical psychology conference at Stratford Manor hotel from 6-8 November, which is an annual event promoting good practice in the teaching of clinical psychology.

Sarah Butterworth, second-year trainee on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate course in the School of Psychology, has published a paper looking at the perspectives of young people transitioning out of social care services in the West Midlands.

A recent paper published by University of Birmingham Palaeobiology & Palaeoenvironments undergraduate Luke Meade, PhD student Andrew Jones and Senior Research Fellow and Lapworth Museum Academic Keeper Dr Richard Butler, highlights the importance of ancient climate as a driving force for the rise of reptiles.

The University of Birmingham and Jinan University joint institute was officially unveiled at a ceremony in Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. The Universities have joined forces to nurture mathematical talent in and around South China. The joint institute, a first for both Universities, will initially focus on degree programs in Applied Mathematics with Economics, Statistics, Computing, and Mathematics. Enrolment is due to commence in 2017 and is planned to rise to well over 1000 students.

A team of researchers from the universities of Leeds, Nottingham Trent and Birmingham, as well as institutions in Georgia, Haifa, Greece and Germany have pinpointed how much phosphate 'fertiliser' is released from dust depending on atmospheric acid levels.